Really Invisible Telegraph Line - BL #8a Talgarno, Victoria, Australia
By Thewins5 on 10-Jun-20. Waypoint GC8TPC4

Find number 8 for the day, log and cache all good,no snakes in sight, a quick easy find here.Now for the generic part of the log...With no dentist in town it was off to Wodonga for the day for a filling. Once that was done it was time for a bit of 'black friday sales' shopping than back home. I decided with no muggles or child on board today it was a great opportunity to take the scenic route home along the river road and finally start finding some of the boarder loop caches. I had previously put them all in a list and downloaded the data for off-line so didnt have to much issue navigating to them although missed a few due to the nav man not updating quick enough, and also had some DNF's (never used to log DNF's however have started doing so for a few various reasons) All caches and logs were in good condition unless stated so in the non generic part of the log. Thanks to all the caches owners for placing and maintaining these caches!

Nice easy find. Tftc

This was possibly the most difficult to access of all the caches in this series I attempted. Uneven ground and long grass to wade through for a hundred metres or so because Im not keen on climbing or coming down steep embankments. Luckily once in the vicinity it was an easy find.

Good work

Thanks. Easy find. Lovely road to cycle.

Quick easy find! TFTC

Nice quick one. Love this drive on a sunny day.

Hello Thewins5 thank you for the cacheA quick find.I found this cache during our Newcastle 2024 trip to see the grandchildren.Found on Thursday, 02 May 2024 at 1417**TFTC**

Quick find todayTFTC

On our way to Canberra Mega, decided to spend a few days in Albury as we cache our way to 4000 caches.Today was the day we wanted to explore Lake Hume. More beautiful views to enjoy. Tftc.

Quick and easy find as I finish the Towong section of my adventure. Cache in good condition, bone dry and ziploc still sealing well. TFTC.

This was a nice easy find while out with JR379 today to collect a few caches along the river road. We came across a small grass fire along the edge of the road and up the embankment that was being attended by several fire units and police.

With weirdo biker

I was in the north-east to spend a few days in the Snowy high country with the MX-5 Club... starting tomorrow morning in Beechworth... so I had driven up from Melbourne today for an easy start in the morning... and to find enough caches in the Towong Shire to be able to cross that LGA off for the **WCW - The 80/20 Rule Challenge**... something the beginning of the **Border Loop** series was perfect for.At this point I will apologise that my logs are going to get rather repetitive... most caches were easy to find and were in good condition. Thanks to **Thewins5** for this cache... and the series.

Another quick find and cache OK

Another smiley for the day
Cache is all good
Thanks

This is mogni's 2nd to last Vic LGA. We drove down the road to we had 20 caches in this LGA for that challenge cache then keep going on our trip. quick find.
Found with JAMS (( JJ52, Allister w, Mogni, plus sir_spectre ) Mitchell&hound wasn't with us this trip) crew. All logs stamped as JAMS to save log space. This trip we are off to the Rutherglen Mega and then slowly coming back to S.A. for a total of 8 dys and 7 nights. The targets of this trip are for JJ52 to get 11 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and a few more Victorian LGA's, Allister W was targeting 17 virtuals ( or as many as he could get ) a few more Victorian LGA's Mogni to make the Rutherglen Mega her 20, 000 find and also for her to complete all Victoria LGA's, sir_spectre needs 1 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and get his Victoria LGS's down to 2 LGA's left. We got 20 or more finds in a LGA if we stayed in there over night. We also detoured to stamp any challenge caches that we were " in the general area off " and to complete that challenge before we came back to S.A. This meant that some times dirt road (s) had to be walked down because they were to wet to drive down and/or haven't been repaired since last years flooding. We started off the holiday in the rain and then that cleared up only to start raining and a overnight thunder storm but most of the trip was dry. Over 600 caches found for the trip including over 120 lab stages in that total. Got to complete the GPS Maze at the Rutherglen Mega for a 2nd time. Allister w was the team driver for all of the Victorian part of the trip. I think this was the first trip ever to Victoria that the extension pole didn't get used but the 6.2 meter ladder did get a work out.

The JAMS (JJ52, allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) go mega... We came, we cached, we laughed, we hugged and we had a great time. All caches were replaced better than found.
Thanks to Thewins5 from mogni

The JAMS team (JJ52 allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) were on a road trip heading to the Rutherglen Mega event (staying in Corowa) for 3 days then winding our way home via Albury, Wangaratta, Bendigo and various other places in between. It was a great week with many more caches found than we expected. There were targeted caches, challenge caches, Ad Labs, events and various others to fulfill various statistics for the four of us. We were lucky with the weather, it rained a bit on our way over on Friday, then half a day after we left Wangaratta but on the whole it was great caching weather. We did drive a few slippery muddy roads, but nothing too bad. We also caught up with lots of people either at events or out in the field and enjoyed many great chats. All in all a fun time with lots of Victoria explored and then very tired when I arrived home. [^]

We had left our accommodation and had headed out of Rutherglen, on a round about route to our overnight accommodation in Wangaratta stopping for a few caches along the way and another LGA that we all needed.

We came over here for a new LGA and had a nice drive along River Road finding a number of caches. A very pretty area.

Thanks for the cache Thewins5.

Found with the jams crew on the way to Wangaratta from the Rutherglen mega. TFTC

Rutherglen Mega Road Trip
Day Three: Around Albury and Rutherglen
Weather: All over the place

One of ten caches found “over the bridge” and along the Border Loop today on a special side trip from Albury to claim Towong, my last Victorian LGA. It felt like I was on an island! A super experience for the short distance I covered this morning, I’d be keen to come back and do some more. I appreciate that care has been taken to put the caches near safe pull out spots, as the Easter traffic today may not be heavy, but it sure is fast.

That horse kept checking me out!

Great work, thanks so much for the cache and the series Thewins5.

It’s officially a mega!
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# 15086 Found and logged at 10:37:00 AM
Spent the day around the Hume weir , belbridge and Talarno before heading back toTallangatta
cloudy day witn a few light spots of rain
Thanks for the cache Thewins5
Lgoody

Found

# 8390 Found some time ago when out with iPlod65 on a long weekend from Canberra. Didn't enjoy the long grass and dust.
Thanks Thewins5

On a day caching with StrangeTrousers
TFTC

*Found on the 15 Jan 2023 @ 2:51 pm.*
*Cache find # 14043.*

I headed off on a short road trip to try and finish off a few of the Whittlesea challenges, I had to visit 3 LGA’s in particular, today I had been up in Wodonga and Towong and then spending the night in Wangaratta before going back to Benalla and then heading up to Craig’s hut for a CITO.
As this one was on my route, I stopped to have a look, once in the right area, it wasn't long before the logbook was stamped and I was on my way.

**Thanks to Thewins5 for placing this cache.**

Again a find my Wetjala while I stood and pointed, the grass is very long but fortunately a nice easy find.

TFTC TNLN

"Snakes in the grass may be an issue", huh? We didn't bother to read most of the description until now while I'm logging this find (tiny screen on the GPS means lost of scrolling so we often don't bother) but fortunately I didn't come across any while working my way to the GZ *in thongs!* Mrs B, sensibly remained out of the long grass while I sought out the cache.
TFTC

Great

Thanks quick find

A few hours to spare today meant a brief trip out this way to pick up a few caches. Long overdue to visit the Border Loop Series.
I remember the previous hide here and the views of the ranges and water. A lovely spot to visit.
A couple of cars passed by on Drummond Rd. before I was able to have a look, but after a brief wait the cache was soon in hand.
SL at 2.30. Hide all ok.
Great little series. I won't venture far today but looking forward to retrieving more along the River Rd.
TFTC Thewins5.

Great find on a long weekend!! 3 generations going for a drive! TFTC

TFTC suns out but breeze freezing

This a great cache...draws attention to what may well be overlooked so its a FAVE from me as I'll remember it. Too wet for this little duck in the High Country so postponed the hike to the Viking and headed to Thologolong for the night. So glad the buddies were sensible about it as it was fabulous to be back camping and looking over the amazing 94%full ‘lake’ No wind either. Change of plans meant an alternative route home via a few caches. TFTC and the never ending fun!

TFTC. We are stuck in Albury for a few days while waiting for part for our Motorhome. so many decisions as to which way to cache. We tossed a coin and decided to make a start on the Border Loop series. We went out as far as Tarrangatta creek. A lovely trail and great views everywhere.
Cache find no:13523

We see the poles… and hey look like concrete poles, short and close together.
TFTC

On our way to camp at Grayna tonight. Grabbing a few caches along the way. Quick find here, tftc !

Eating our lunch in the car, we continued our adventure with Papi4506 and Geoturtle37 along the Murray taking in the magnificent vistas of the rolling hills one way and calm waters the other.

Thanks Thewins5 for the placement.

We are camping at Jingellic for a couple of nights and need to keep the battery charged, we had bought a solar panel that would do the job, and the guy at the shop said everything was included to make it work with our battery. Hmmm, everything but the necessary Anderson plug to Cigarette lighter connection. So off to Albury Wodonga to grab the required bit. What a wonderful relic of a previous time. We found the cache quickly and it was in great condition. Thank you for this cache Thewins5.

Out for a day geocaching with piDay20! A quick find and time to put shoes and socks back on!!

Out caching with JOELISA on this fine December day, enjoying what we find on the border loop series. Easy park and grab, I think my feet have dried out enough to put my shoes and socks back on. Thankyou!

We took the motorhome away for a few days and made a few great finds along the way. The water is still up in the weir so made for a lovely drive.

Started searching in the wrong place but eventally made the find.

Thanks Thewins5 for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Found lots of likely locations but came up empty handed today. I will wait a while until I read some other logs for this one before I have another go.

Really enjoying this drive even though we have only just started. Will have to make sure that we come back and complete it. Thank you for the cache and introducing us to this area.

Another nice quick find, shame we won't have time to continue much further. Thank you for placing this cache for us to find.

This was the first cab off the rank cache for today's journey. Had a chat to the gg's across the track and got onto the task in hand. Cache found in good condition.

I have on purposely left a few of these BL River Rd caches for days or when I needed a cache for souvenirs and this one that had a “wonder” in it that was required.
A quick drive out the road today to collect a few (& leave a few for another day!)
Super quick find here today between the drizzle.
We have a cache down this road, a nice little reserve that we often forget to visit.

11:10am

Quick easy find on the quiet reserve access road.

TNLN , TFTC , Cheers.

Nice easy find

A quick find while out caching with Little Blue Wren.TFTC

TFTC. Signed and returned. A nice easy find.

Quick grab! TFTC

Last time there was a cache here the local farmer come and told us off, was careful this time, but its not near his paddock so all good. Tftc

Nightime cache with my beautiful husband TFTC

Found on a Sunday cruise

Quick park and grab off the main road, thanks

Pretty easy!

As a member of TeamOZCAT logged in this cache, I am now logging as an individual predominantly to avoid any mistaken/unnecessary revisitation.
Under groundspeak guidelines, this logging is acceptable as I was indeed at Cache GZ in person in recent times. However, all cache owners have the right to delete logs as they see fit. Usually done to "Armchair loggers" or inappropriate texting.

If any cache Owner/s have questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact.

TeamOZCAT logged finds when both Karen and Reg logged as individuals. This logging is exactly the same, only in reverse. Again, groundspeak acceptable.
For an unspecified period of time TeamOZCAT are no longer cache searching but remain active in our cache management and maintenance.

I sincerely thank all CO's and wish you all the best in your endeavours. Cheers Reg

Invisible was right, as there wasn't one. TFTC Thewins5

This one was really a P&G as the we didn't even bother to pull over or shut the doors, run in, grab the cache, scribble, run out....
It was about here we discovered we were an hour and a half behind the wackyweedos....
The the Queen explained the story behind the name of the cache.....oooohhh...

It's been 12 weeks since we ventured into Victoria to find a cache! We printed off our permits this morning and headed across to visit family and grabbed a few caches along the way. Hoping to pick up a few more wonders of the world too. Tftc Thewins5.

We ventured into NSW today for a change of scenery and some retail therapy and then skipped back over the Border for some caching fun. Time to complete a few more of the BL series along the River Road. SL at 12.30pm Left: Gold gumnut PT. #7114 TFT 2nd version of this cache Thewins5 - yep the telegraph poles are disappearing fast!

A quick and easy find with Matho64. TFTC

A quick find with Jackez74 TFTC

Great find, not where I expected

In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - The Wins 5 [^]

Woo Hoo {FTF] @916am.

With a calendar hole needing to be filled and geokid#2 up early for training, thought I would head off for an attempt at a ftf....
I had found the previous cache along this road and remembered the fun that I had with jorgo_crew at accessing that cache.. definitely wasn't made for short people!!!!
Height wasn't an issue for this one today tho.
Log signed and cache returned as found. I need to find time to explore the rest of the River Rd. Thanks Thewins5.

The TeamJBL log was on the original cache before I archived so congratulations to the_stephenson5 for the FTF

Well we were hoping for FTF but figured we would miss it by this time of day and yep we did... Congrats to The_Stephensons5 on FTF...
Gatman90 and I are happy with our 2ndTF

Good find. Nice spot... TFTC

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